2022
Winner IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2022
The winner of the 2022 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award is Ilitaqsinniq – Pinnguaqta of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.
The Intergenerational and Family Literacy Initiative is one of Ilitaqsiniq’s main pillars of work. Included in this initiative, Pinnguaqta is an inclusive and culturally meaningful community-based early childhood education programme that is designed and centred on Inuit societal values. The programme supports and encourages parents and caregivers in the development of life, literacy and essential skills in their infant and preschool children in preparation for formalized education. The target group of Pinnguaqta is children from birth to six-years old, as well as their parents and caregivers. Full and part-time staff, content specialists, and community Elders work together to provide “wraparound support” for informal culture-based learning in a warm, safe and welcoming environment.
The film from the IBBY Press Conference can be found here. The full media release can be downloaded here.
IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2022 - Nominations
Nominations for the 2020 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award
1. IBBY Argentina Poesía en la escuela, Buenos Aires and nationwide
2. IBBY Canada Ilitaqsinniq – Pinnguaqta, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
3. IBBY Chile Fundación Giracuentos, Santiago de Chile
4. IBBY Denmark Di Heslige Sløngers Klup, Middle Jutland
5. IBBY Denmark Albus International Children’s Literature Festival, Aarhus
6. IBBY Dominican Rep. DREAM: Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring, nationwide
7. IBBY Dominican Rep. Fundación Abriendo Camino, Santo Domingo
8. IBBY Ecuador Reading Marathon: Ecuador, a country that reads, Quito (endorsed by IBBY Venezuela)
9. IBBY France ATD Fourth World’s Street Libraries, nationwide
10. IBBY Germany Art of Buna, across Ethiopia
11. IBBY India Parag Multi-StateLibrary Project,Tata Trusts, across seven states
12. IBBY India The Community Library Project (TCLP), New Delhi
13. IBBY Iran Children Cultural Development Centre (CCDC), across 11 provinces
14. IBBY Netherlands De Verhalenweverij, Flanders, Belgium
15. IBBY Netherlands Stichting De VoorleesExpress, nationwide
16. IBBY Slovenia Društvo Bralna značka Slovenije-ZPMS, nationwide
17. IBBY South Africa Book Dash, nationwide and across six other African countries
18. IBBY USA Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: The Dollywood Foundation, nationwide and
international
> The list of nominated projects can be downloaded here.